Movable fence-post



(No Model.)

S. GIBBS.

MOVABLE FENCE POST.

No. 266,459. Patented Oct. 24, 1882'.

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SAMUEL GIBBS, OF BLUE MOUND, MISSOURI.

YVMOVABLE FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,459, dated October 24, 1882. Application filed April 18, 1882, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GIBBS, ofBlue Mound, in the countyot' Livingston and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Movable Fence Posts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective "iew of one of my improved fence-posts. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a section of fence illustrating one use of the posts.

The object of this invention is to provide posts for field-fences, stock-yard fences, and other fences where movable posts are required, constructed in such a manner as to support the panels firmlyagainstaniinals and the wind, and allow the fence to be quickly set up and taken down.

The invention consists in a fence-post constructed of three inclined stakes beveled at their upper ends to fit against each other, and connected together by wire rings placed upon them, as will be hereinafter fully described.

The post A is formed of three stakes or standards, B (JD, connected at their upper ends by a wire, E, and at their lower parts by a wire, F. The upper end of the rear stake, B, is beveled upon theforward side, and the upper ends of the front stakes, G D, are beveled upon their adjacent sides to tit against each other, and upon their rear sides to fit against the beveled end of the said rear stake. B, so that the upper ends of the three stakes will rest squarely against each other.

E is a piece of wire of suitable length and size, the ends of which are fastened together, and the wire ring thus formed is driven down upon the ends of the stakes B O D, and then secured in place by staples G, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

F is a piece of wire of such a length as to pass around the stakes B O D at any desired distance from their upper ends. The ends of the wire F are fastened together, and the wire ring thus formed is passed over the upper end of the post A and forced down so as to draw the stakes B (J D firmly together. The wire F is then secured in place by staples G. More than one wire F can be used upon the lower part of the post A; but one will generally be sufficient.

The boards H, rails, or poles forming the panels can rest upon pins L, inserted in inclined holes in the stakes O D, and secured in place by pins L, inserted in inclined holes in the said stakes O D above the upper edges of the said boards. In this case the boards H may be connected by cross-strips attached to them.

A rail or pole, I, can be laid upon a wire or rod, J, attached to the upper parts of the posts, and a barbed wire, K, can be secured to the upper ends of the posts by staples or other suitable means.

The construction of the panels will vary as the purpose for which the fence is intended may require.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLette-rs Patent- In a fence-post, the combination, with the inclined stakes B G D, beveled at their upper ends, of the binding-wires E F, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said stakes will be firmly held in place, as set forth.

SAMUEL GIBBS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE J. REYNOLDS, HERBERT G. NEWTON. 

